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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It’s a very moody key, and also ‘A’ is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.
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Eyes Keys Name Oneself Play Representation Time
Simplicity makes me happy.
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Happiness Myself Simplicity
You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
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Family Rich World Yourself
At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn’t even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.
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Day End Focus Myself Positive Value
The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.
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Death Desire Experience Myself Play
Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love it’s: Wow, life is good.
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Delicious Food Goodness People Run Surround Yourself
I’d rather not have anything than be a liar.
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Lying Myself
Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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Goodness Myself World
I’m in constant pursuit of growing and evolving.
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Evolution Growth Myself Pursuit
I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.
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Appreciation Different Life Love Share Way
I think there’s an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can’t be excited when you’re not doing something new.
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Energy Excitement Thinking Yourself
The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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Arrangement Small Yourself
I don’t dream – only if I’m uncomfortable or I’m going through something.
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Comfortable Dreams Myself Thinking
I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I’m able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I’m able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.
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Hard Myself Proper Skin Worst
Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.
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Change Empowerment Woman World
Even if your family isn’t quite there for you, find the people that support you and hang on to those people and try to let go of those that try to take you down.
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Family People Quite Support Yourself

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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